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J. M. CORNELL.

SHUTTER FASTENER.

No. 386,423. Patented July 17, 1888.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN M. CORNELL, OF NE\V YORK, N. Y.

SHUTTER-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 386,423, dated July 17,1888.

Application filed February 15, 1888.

T0 (1. whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN M. CORNELL, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of New York, in the State of New York, have invented a newand useful Improvementin Securing Devices for Shutters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to shutterholders or securing devices forshutters, and its objects are to hold the shutters open at will by asimple and secure device, which is easy of access from inside, and iswholly carried by the shutters themselves, and by the same means in partto securely fasten the shutters when closed.

The invention consists in certain novel combinations of parts, ashereinafter set forth and claimed.

A sheet of drawings accompanies this specification as part thereof.

Figure 1 of these drawings is a face view of a pair of iron shuttersheld open by my securing device. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same withthe shutters themselves in section. Fig. 3 represents a back view orview of the inside, showing the shutters held closed by said device.Fig. it is a plan view of the same, as seen in Fig. 3, with the shuttersthemselves in section. Fig. 5 represents a longitudinal section of thetelescopic atlachment,'as seen in Figs. 1 and 2, on a larger scale; andFigs. 0 and '7 represent cross-sections of the same, as seen in Fig. 3,on the same scale as Fig. 5.

Like letters refer to like parts in all the figures.

To a pair of shutters, S S I attach by suitable hinges, H ii, therespective parts A B, hereinafter termed the tube and rod of atelescopic attachment, which, in connection therewith and with a simpleloose pin, P, hold the shutters open, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, whilesaid pin occupies a hole, h, Fig. 5, in the tube A, where it obstructsthe telescoping action.

Upon withdrawing the pin P the shutters S S" are free to close, in whichact the attachment A B telescopes. A ring, R, attached to eachshutter,facilitates closing them. \Vhen the shutters are closed, thetube A crosses the vertical midjoint of the shutter at right anglesthereto, with the rod 13 within it, as shown in Figs. 3 and at. Toengage therewith for holding the shutters closed, a fast- Serial No.264,103. (No model.)

ening-hook, F, is attached to each shutter near its free edge andengages with the tube A, as best seen in Fig. 7. Said hooks F arepivoted to angle-brackets F, Fig. 7, securely riveted to the respectiveshutters. A toe, t, Fig. 7, on each hook coacts with a relatively fixedpart to support the hooks, so that they will engage automatically withthe tube A.

The hinges H H' are securely riveted to the shutters at mid-length andnear their hinge edges. Said hinge H is preferably formed by a nut, n,Figs. 5 and 6, trunnioned in a hous ing, H, one end of the tube A, whichis of gaspipe, being screwed into said nut, as shown in Fig. 5. Y Theother hinge, H comprises an eye formed on one end of the rod B, and isof ordinary construction, as clearly shown in Fig. 5. A chain, 0, Fig.1, may loosely attach the pin 1 to the tube A.

Other details which have not been specified may be of any approveddescription, and I do not limit my respective claims to details ofconstruction, except as therein expressly stated.

I do notclaim, broadly, a telescopic shutter-holder, nor fasteningdevices on the shutters themselves, in combination with a holding devicewhich closes against the inside of hinged shutters across their verticalmid joint but,

Having thus described my said improvement in securing devices forshutters, I claim as my invention and desire to patent under thisspecifieati0n 1. The combination, with the hinged shutters S S", of thetube A and rod B, hinged to the respective shutters near theirhingeedges and movable in the same horizontal plane, and the gravitatingfasteninghooks F, having stoptoestand hinged to the shutters near theirfree edges and movable vertically, said hooks embracing said tube whenthe shutters are closed, substantially as hereinbefore specified.

2. In combination with the shutters S S", tube A, and rod B, the hingesH H, said hinge H being composed of a nut, n, trunnioned in a housing,H, with one end of the tube A screwed into the nut, substantially ashereinbcfore specified.

JOHN M. CORNELL.

Witnesses:

H. W. REDFIELD, H. 0. Trims.

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